Bonham galland



B. GALLAND.

(No Model.)

SUSPENSORY.

N0. 378,304.- Patented Feb. 21, 1888.

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SUSPENSO RY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,304, dated February 2]., 1888.

Application filed April 4, 1887. Serial No. 233.646. (N0 model.)

To all 1072,0122 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BONHAM GALLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspensorie's; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the same, in which reference is made to the accompanying drawing, which is an ele= vation of the suspensory in position to be attached to agarment of the wearer.

The object of my invention is to provide a suspensory which may be conveniently attached to and supported by one of the garments of the wearer, preferably the undershirt. Suspensory bandages are almost invariably secured and supported by a more or less C0111- plicated arrangement of straps, bands, and buckles around the body, and generally next to the skin. Besides the discomfort caused by the chafing of the straps and buckles, the bag is not securely supported and the straps have a constant tendency to work down,even when drawn so tight as to be uncomfortable. I intend to obviate these inconveniences by attaching the supporting-straps to the garment of the wearer, so that it will be securely held in any position, such position being easily determined after trial by the wearer. The parts supported are thus held constantly in the position found most comfortable, and the wearer is thus permitted to realize to the greatest extent the advantages of thesupport without the accompanying annoyances just referred to.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the supporting-straps, as fully hereinafter explained.

In the drawing, A represents the suspensorybag, of cloth or some other suitable material, and which may be made in one or more pieces to obtain a properly-fitting receptacle.

B B represent cloth strips, preferably nonelastic, and secured to two outer corners of the bag, as shown. 0 O are two elastic strips connected to the rear or inner corners of the bag and secured at their upper ends to the strips B B. The strips B B are attached to the garment of the wearer, preferably on the inside, by safety-pins D, for which a button or a button-hole, or a series of either may be snbstif tuted. The safety-pins have the advantage of requiring no change in the garment to which they are attached, as by attaching a button or working a button-hole.

The strips may be attached to the shirt at any angle, according as the bag is to be spread and widened or narrowed. The strips may also be connected by an elastic strip, E, at the top.

\Vhen worn, the parts are firmly supported by this bag, which is nevertheless permitted to yield slightly through the strips C 0.

Having described my invention, I claim The combination, in a suspensory, of the bag A, the non-elastic strips B 13, secured thereto at opposite sides, the elastic strips 0 0, secured to the bag and to said strips B B, and the strip E, all adapted for attachment to an under-garment, substantially as described.

BONHAM GALLAND.

' Witnesses:

' HERMAN C. Wood,

JUSTIN S. GALLAND. 

